Portrait of Tetsushi Tanaka

Acting

Tetsushi Tanaka

Career

Active from 2001 to 2026, busiest in 2020 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Shin Ultraman
Shin Ultraman
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tetsushi Tanaka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Nostalgia
    2.9, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 11
  • Emotional Journey 7
  • Japanese Drama 6
  • Social Critique 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Melancholy 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Fast-Paced 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

131
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

29 titles · average score 67
Dollhouse
Dollhouse (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

as Kanda

Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final
Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final (2025)

as Katsutoshi Kajiyama

Murderous Encounter
Murderous Encounter (2025)

TV show · as Shotaro Noda

Last Samurai Standing
Last Samurai Standing (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Hisoka Maejima

The Parades
The Parades (2024)
GoodWatch score 61

as Tanaka

The Science Club
The Science Club (2024)

TV show · as Izumi Kiuchi

The Last 10 Years
The Last 10 Years (2022)
GoodWatch score 79

as Hirata

Shin Ultraman
Shin Ultraman (2022)
GoodWatch score 80

as Tatsuhiko Munakata

Ride or Die
Ride or Die (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Yoshio Akiba

SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』~絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片~
SPECサーガ黎明編『Knockin'on 冷泉's SPEC Door』~絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片~ (2021)

TV show · as Reisen Toshiaki

Solomon's Perjury
Solomon's Perjury (2021)

TV show · as Masaru Oide

Stolen Identity 2
Stolen Identity 2 (2020)
GoodWatch score 48

as Hidetoshi Makita

2010s

68 titles · average score 69
Dead Stock
Dead Stock (2017)

TV show

CRISIS: Special Security Squad
CRISIS: Special Security Squad (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Mitsunari Yoshinaga

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

as Iwashita

Love Song
Love Song (2016)

TV show

Flying Colors
Flying Colors (2015)
GoodWatch score 76

as Toru Kudo

Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza
Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza (2015)

TV show · as Hakubun Ishiyama

Emergency Interrogation Room
Emergency Interrogation Room (2014)

TV show · as Katsutoshi Kajiyama

Bitter Blood
Bitter Blood (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Hisashi Koga

Midnight Ferris Wheel
Midnight Ferris Wheel (2013)

TV show · as Takahashi Hiroyuki

Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance (2012)

TV show · as Sudou Kai

Into the White Night
Into the White Night (2011)
GoodWatch score 66

as Isamu Matsuura

Rebirth
Rebirth (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

as Takehiro Akiyama

2000s

32 titles · average score 67
Untouchable
Untouchable (2009)

TV show · as Hideaki Kashimura

Midnight Diner
Midnight Diner (2009)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Shinji Nose

Michiko & Hatchin
Michiko & Hatchin (2008)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

I Just Didn't Do It
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
GoodWatch score 78

as Akira Ahamada

The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (2007)

TV show

Awakening
Awakening (2007)

as Akiyuki Sekiguchi

Into a Dream
Into a Dream (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sato

Water Flower
Water Flower (2005)

as Keisuke Takatsuki

Scrap Heaven
Scrap Heaven (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bus Hijacker

The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters (2003)

TV show · as Masaru Takagi

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show

Luxurious Bone
Luxurious Bone (2001)

as Miyako's Client

1990s

2 titles · average score 79
Bayside Shakedown
Bayside Shakedown (1997)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as MPD Investigator

Choukou Senshi Changerion
Choukou Senshi Changerion (1996)

TV show · as ハンカチの青年/闇生物シャトウ―